The Reflection Grating Spectrometer (RGS)

RGS Institutes' Responsibilities

  • Space Research Organization Netherlands, Utrecht
    • Principal investigator
    • Project management, system engineering, product assurance, instrument integration and test
    • Development and production of CCD mounting, analog electronics and electrical ground support equipment
  • MSSL
    • Local management, local product assurance
    • Development and production of digital electronics
    • Power supply and on-board software
  • Columbia/UCB/LLNL
    • Local management, local product assurance
    • Development of reflection grating unit
  • Paul Scherrer Inst./Villingen (PSI)
    • Thermal and mechanical design of detector assembly
    • development and production of radiator and miniaturisation of analog electronics components